UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE (EIN 47-1846612)
Tax period: 2014-09-17 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-09-10
IRS object ID: 201542539349301054
Schema version: 2014v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-09-10T16:09:42-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	274368547	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GAFFEY DEANE & TALLEY PLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE 305	AddressLine1Txt
City	RESTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20191	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-09-17	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	471846612	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	UKRA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2026616351	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1101 30TH STREET NW SUITE 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20007	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TODD EARDENSOHN	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2026616351	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-08-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JON B DEANE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00152196	PTIN
Phone	7036576040	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Initial Return	Yes (X)	InitialReturnInd
Principal Officer	TODD EARDENSOHN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 THIRTEENTH ST NW 11TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	SOUTH	AddressLine2Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,000,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE IS A RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, TRADE AND POLICY DYNAMICS IMPACTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WEST AND UKRAINE. SPECIFICALLY, UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE WILL FOCUS UPON ISSUES THAT WHILE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT, HAVE NOT GARNERED THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ATTENTION OR DEBATE. IN AN OPEN AND CIVIL MANNER, UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE WILL SEEK TO FACILITATE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO: OPINION LEADERS; INTELLECTUALS; AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, TO ELEVATE THESE ISSUES IN THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,000,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,000,000	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,318,462	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,318,462	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$681,538	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$681,538	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$681,538	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE IS A RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, TRADE AND POLICY DYNAMICS IMPACTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WEST AND UKRAINE. SPECIFICALLY, UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE WILL FOCUS UPON ISSUES THAT WHILE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT, HAVE NOT GARNERED THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ATTENTION OR DEBATE. IN AN OPEN AND CIVIL MANNER, UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE WILL SEEK TO FACILITATE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO: OPINION LEADERS; INTELLECTUALS; AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS; TO ELEVATE THESE ISSUES IN THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,309,396	ExpenseAmt
Desc	UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE HAS ACTIVITIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:A. THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES OF UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE, OCCUPYING ABOUT 49% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TIME, IS THE PROMOTION AND ADVOCACY OF OPEN DEBATE ON GREATER ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE WEST. SPECIFICALLY UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE STAFF WILL UNDERTAKE SHORT AND LONG-TERM PROJECTS TO INITIATE AN HONEST AND OPEN PUBLIC DEBATE AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING THE DIRECTION OF UKRAINE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WEST AND THE NEED FOR GREATER ECONOMIC COOPERATION. THESE ACTIVITIES INVOLVE THE PARTICIPATION BY UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE STAFF IN THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON THESE ISSUES, AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO PETITION ELECTED LEADERS. THIS ACTIVITY IS KEY TO THE NON-PROFIT MISSION OF THE UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE.B. PUBLIC EDUCATION: IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING AND ADVOCATING ITS MISSION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE WILL DEVOTE ABOUT 49% OF ITS TIME TO PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH MASS-MEDIA COMMUNICATION SUCH AS ITS INTERNET WEB SITE. THIS ACTIVITY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE NON-PROFIT MISSION OF UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE.C. CONTRIBUTIONS: UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE SPENDS ABOUT 2% OF ITS TIME LOCATING AND APPEALING TO NEW CONTRIBUTORS/DONORS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ACTIVITY BECAUSE UKRAINE INVESTMENT ALLIANCE DESIRES THE BROAD SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND NEEDS THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,309,396	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TODD EARDENSOHN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2026616351	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 THIRTEENTH ST NW 11TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ANDREW ASHER
PRESIDENT	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TODD EARDENSOHN
TREASURER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DANNY MCNAMARA
SECRETARY	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RAND CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1776 MAIN ST PO BOX 2138	AddressLine1Txt
City	SANTA MONICA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	904072138	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	CONSULTING	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$1,300,000	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$2,000,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,000,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,000,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,799	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,799	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,300,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,300,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMEN	$9,396	$9,396
BANK SERVICE CHARGES	$267		$267

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,318,462	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,309,396	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,066	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$681,538	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$681,538	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$681,538	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$681,538	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$681,538	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$681,538	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE 990 WILL BE SENT TO DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AFTER FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12	ANNUAL STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL DETAILING ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THEY MAY HAVE IN REGARD TO THEIR DUTIES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,300,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,300,000.